halt in English:

Hold it!

When my father went into the hospital, I had to put everything on hold.

Furthermore, even after the company information session, we sometimes hold company tours.

Businesses often have a list of 5-10 'mission statements' featured in their brochures, on their websites or hanging in their office detailing the values they hold as a form of communication to their employees, their clients and the public.

When suddenly faced with a dangerous situation, hold your horses - make sure of the proper action, then act.

Hold it, are you kidding me? Why'd we wanna go to such a remote location?

I will listen to your chest. Breathe deeply, please. Now hold your breath.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

The success of newly-developed applications and government-forced deregulation may hold the key to achieving this economic implementation.

The working group on data transfer, led by Ben Manny, will hold a meeting on Jan 14, 1999.

I always use the steps, but...it's scary how they wobble...so I'd like you to hold them steady.

Mmmmn ... maybe I'll have a hair of the dog. "Whoa, hold up a mo! Here, I cooked roast fish for this morning. You ought to be able to eat this OK."

First hold crime-prevention firmly in mind! Before going out, lock the doors!

She tried to stifle a sneeze during the concert but she couldn't hold it back.

Some Shanghainese hold large banquets when they get married.

Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?

support group

And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices.

And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.

Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity.

The Bank of Japan is considered to have conducted a support buying of an estimated $1 billion on the Tokyo foreign exchange market.

In order to prevent a further drop of the Japanese currency, the Bank of Japan intervened in the market to support it at around 150 yen to the dollar.

In conclusion, Ahn, it very much falls to you and me to set the tone for the work environment. I will do my bit to defuse the present climate and crack on with the job at hand. I hope I can rely on your support for this.

It seems as if dishonorable, labyrinthine, deliberately confusing economic policies have earned more support from the president than every physical and mental disability combined.

There are merits and demerits to both your opinions so I'm not going to decide right away which to support.

Lojban is designed to be unambiguous in orthography, phonology, morphology, and grammar. Lojban semantics, however, must support the same breadth of human thought as natural languages.

I totally understand why you say that. It’s frightening how many people our world has to support.

On the other hand, there seem to be those among young folk who, while touching on Buddhism, have started to think of it as a vital spiritual support.

You need to earn about $1000 a month to support a family in this country. The government in this country has a lot of support from the population.

Stop!

If we stop here, we'll be right back where we started!

Lost in thought, I missed my stop.

I think it's time for me to stop allowing her to always have her own way.

If you stop and relax, this will relieve the tension and stress in your shoulders.

It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?

They'll stop at nothing to achieve their political goals.

Would you please stop singing so loudly? This is not a cheap drinking place.

We must stop using ozone-depleting chemicals immediately.

Imagine if you started hiccoughing and you couldn't stop.

There are shuttle buses that stop at several hotels in Tokyo.

You know that your English is good when people stop complimenting you on how good your English is.

I'm a bit down because a blogger friend of mine has decided to stop blogging.

Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?

We had to stop over in San Francisco for two hours due to the fog.